161 litre freeride board for sale, ex cond, $160, act fast!

[PlaneSailin]

Selling: Mistral Super Vision 161.  Avail for viewing at PA this weekend.  Will be taken home soon, check it out now!

Including 4 footstraps and 2 Powerbox fins to cover the sail range (exact fin sizes TBA)

This board is somewhat unique, being a very high volume short board without the width that normally comes with this kind of volume.

It's only 69cm wide, giving the feel of a much smaller board, yet it's very floaty and easy to tack and gybe.   

Great (and affordable) for a progressing beginner or intermediate, and it will have medium and lightweights planing in no time. 

Here's an excerpt from the review in Windsurfing magazine:

Sail Range: 6.0 - 9.0 Optimal Sail Sizes: 6.5 - 8.0 Weight: 20.50 lb.Length: 276.90 cm Volume: 161 L Included: Straps, pads,

FREE-RIDE SAILOR [smile]: On a plane, the Vision is smooth and predictable, providing excellent control through a big sail range. It's especially stable through the tail for good coast through holes. Its upwind ability, however, is limited by its small fin.

NOVICE SAILOR [halo]STABILITY: Volume flow favors the tail, allowing novices going for the straps lots of room for error...

EARLY PLANING: It has the float, size and width to jump on a plane, but the small fin hampers its planing potential [note: I will be including a larger fin].

COMFORT AND CONTROL: Comfort is what this board is all about. On a plane, it's easy to take a hand off a boom and enjoy the scene.

DURABILITY: Thermo-molded ASA construction feels solid and handled the rigors of our novice sailors.

COMMENTS: The V161 best suits aggressive and/or heavyweight novice sailors [note: will also be good for medium-to-lightweights in Singapore's light winds!]. Its width, volume and construction favor hands on-control for the less experienced.     

Great condition, no repairs, a steal at SGD $250 $160

Please SMS 93474168 or send PM on Bluefinz.  Thanks.

-Andrew

[PlaneSailin]

View at PA this weekend!

 

[Denis Wee]

Andrew, full marks to you for persistence.  Hang in there, mate!

[PlaneSailin]

It's actually a great board. 

I'd keep it, but it's a question of storage space.

Ann from NZ (former longtime Pasta Fresca sailor) used it when she was in Singapore a couple of months ago; she hadn't windsurfed in about 2 years, and she was planing all over the place on this board.  Made it back to the club in offshore wind, too, as I recall.  Loved it and would've probably bought it.